Indicates the type of Authentication request. This data element provides additional information to the ACS to determine the best approach for handling an authentication request. Values are defined as follows:
- 01 - Payment Transaction
- 02 - Recurring Transaction
- 03 - Installment Transaction
- 04 - Add Card
- 05 - Maintain Card
- 06 - Cardholder verification as part of EMV token ID&V
- 07 - Billing Agreement
- 08 - Split shipment
- 09 - Delayed shipment
- 10 - Split payment
- 11-79 - Reserved for EMVCo future use (values invalid until defined by EMVCo)
- 80 - Reserved for Visa Payment Passkeys (Visa transactions only)
- 81-99 - Reserved for future network program usage.
Reserved values may be introduced by network program updates. New values will be defined and published as they become available.